Binding-machine.



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BINDING MACHINE.'

APPLICATION FILED JULY'lS 1908. 943,094.

Patented Dec. 14,' 1909.

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C. P. MGBEE. BINDING MAHINE.

APPLICATION FILED mmf 13, 190s.

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UNITED STATES CHARLES F. MCBEE, OF ATHENS, OHIO.

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Specication of Letters Patent. Application filed July 13,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. MGBEE, a citizen of the United States, residing in Athens, county of Athens, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Binding-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a portable perforating and binding machine, adapted to receive an assembly box containing` papers and covers arranged in book form and designed to be perforated and bound, mounted upon trucks, rollers, casters or the like, and adapted to have its position shifted so that the forward face thereof will constitute the under surface, the said shift in position being for the purpose of convenienceI in drilling the perforations.

Another object is to produce a device of this kind, portable in its nature, so that the same may be shifted from place to place, or even shipped from city to city, the said device being designed to receive the assembly boxes, at the various places where the machine is designed to be used, for the purpose of perforating and binding the book which is made up and contained Within the said assembly boxes.

I am aware that there are other devices of this nature already patented but I am not aware that a portable machine of this character, designed to receive assembly boxes for the purposes stated, has been patented and that is the particular feature which I desire to disclose and claim at this time.

My invention consists of certain details of construction hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure I shows a perspective view of my device and the assembly box contained therein, the made up book and covers being in position in the assembly box and firmly clamped by the pressure bar I employ; F ig. II shows a transverse sectional view of the same in a different position; Figs. III and IV show detail views of the supports for the forward end of the assembly box; and, Fig. V is an enlarged detail view showing the manner in which the book is bound.

Referring to the accompanying drawings the reference numeral 10 is used to indicate the base of my device, constructed preferably of steel, and secured on the under sur- 1 face thereof, and near each corner, is a roller 12, the two forward rollers projecting beyond the forward edge surface of the base and being secured to supports 13 which are themselves secured to the aforesaid base portion. Extending upwardly from each forward corner of the base 10 are uprights 14 and 15 respectively, said uprights having their upper extremities connected by a cross bar 1G, provided in its central portion with a vertical screw threaded orifice designed to receive the screw shaft 17 of a pressure bar 18 mounted, for vertical movement, between the standards 14 and 15, as clearly shown in F ig. I. The upper extremity of the screw shaft 17 is provided with a means, 19, for operating said shaft. The uprights 14 and 15 are designed to pass through the base 10 and the supports 13 respectively and to thereby secure the said supports to the base. The supports 18 are each provided with an upwardly extending vertical upright 2O and 21 respectively, said uprights being parallel to, the uprights 14 and 15, respectively, and the upper ends of said uprights are connected by a cross bar 22 provided with a series of perforations 23. The uprights 20 and 21 are equal in length to the uprights 14 and 15 and the numerals 24 and 25 indicate standards, secured to, and projecting forwardly from, the uprights 14 and 2O and the uprights 15 and 21 respectively, said standards being similar in every respect and designed as supporting legs for my device, when the position is shifted as hereinbefore mentioned. The standards 24 and 25 extend forwardly an equal distance with the forward rollers 12, mounted on the supports 13, and in the shifted position the forward rollers 12 and the standards 24 and 25 constitute the four legs on which the device rests. The numerals 26 and 27 indicate supporting arms mounted, for rotary movement, on the lower extremities of the uprights 2O and 21 respectively. The construction of the said arms and the manner in which they are mounted, as fully shown in Fig. I, is such as to cause the upper surfaces, near their reunder surface of the base 10 but t-he forward part of their upper surface, caused by a slight curve therein, is a trifie lower than the plane of the upper surface of the base 10. The forward extremities of 'the arms are provided with handles 28 and 29 respectively.

spectivc uprights to be in line with the The assembly box which I employ is of the kind shown in Fig. I, with a means provided for elevating and doubling back the forward portion, as shown, the forward portion of the base being hinged so that it may be dropped downward or doubled bac The box is also provided with a means for clamping and retaining the made-up book, consisting of the covers and unbound papers, until the same has been firmly gripped and secured in the machine by the pressure bar 18. The pressure bar 18 is provided with a forwardly extending horizontal portion 30 which projects to a point nearly in line with the forward edge surface of the book to be bound, when the same is placed within the machine, and there is a longitudinal slot 31 therein which is in line with the perforations 23 in the cross bar 22. Mounted for vertical movement, between the uprights 2O and 21 is a cross bar 32 provided with perforations 38 in line with the slot 31 and also in line with their respective perforations 23 in the cross bar 22.

The numeral 34 indicates a cleat or strip which is secured to the table on which my device is placed, the said strip being slightly longer than the width of the device and near each end of said strip is an orifice 35 and 36 respectively designed to receive the standards 24 and 25 respectively when the position of my machine is shifted as hereinbe fore mentioned.

In practical operation, my device being placed upon the table and ready for operation, the forward rollers 12 engaging the cleat 34, the assembly box containing the made-up book, designed to be bound, is placed in the machine, the forward part being doubled back, as shown in Fig. I, and the forward portion of the base of the box projecting forward between the forward uprights 20 and 21 and engaging the upper surfaces of the arms 2G and 27, thesel arms having first been turned inwardly, as illustrated in Fig. I, thereby causing the portions of the arms which are on a plane with the under surface of the base 10 to engage the under surface of the forwardly projecting part of the base and to form a support therefor. The assembly box is moved forwardly into the machine until the hinged portion of the base projects to a point even with, or slightly beyond, the forward edge surface of the baseI 10. It is obvious that the forward hinged portion must be sup ported on an even plane with the balance of the base, during the drilling process, and it is for this purpose that the arms 26 and 27 are employed. The pressure bar 18 is then lowered, by means of the screw shaft 17, until it firmly engages the book to be bound and by this means the said book, also the assembly box, is firmly held within the machine. The machine is then pushed rearwardly from the cleat 34 and tipped up on its face until the standards 24 and 25 engage the orifice and 236 respectively, the whole machine and assembly box moving on the forward wheels 12 and 12 as pivots. As hereinbefore stated the orifices 35 and 3G are designed to be of the proper size and conformation to receive the standards 24 and 25 thereby causing the cleat 34 to be a complete guard against any movement of the machine. 1V hen this has been done the machine is then in the position shown in Fig. II.

As hereinbefore stated the orifices 28 are in line with their respective orifices 88 and these are both in alinen'ient with the slot 81. The ordinary brace and bit or gimlet or other instrument is then employed, the bit portion passing first through the orifice 2? and its respective orifice 38 and the slot 31 and then forced through the book in the or dinary manner. In this manner all of the perforations are bored in the book and it is obvious that the shifting of the position of the machine is of great advantage for it causes the boring device to be held in a horizontal position at any elevation the operator may desire, preferably about the waist line and by this means he can apply the best pressure for the feed.

Then the perforations have all been made the machine is then again shifted into its ordinary position, or is turned upon its side, and the arms 26 and 27 moved outwardly until their engagement with the under surface of the forward base portion of the assembly box has been released, thus obviously removing all support for the forward hinged portion of the base. The guide bar 32 is then moved upwardly upon the uprights 20 and 21 where it is retained in position by simply throwing the bar out of the horizontal and thus binding it between the two uprights. The forward extremity of the base is then doubled back, and the needle and twine employed for sewing the book through the perforations, as fully illustrated in Fig. V. IVhen the back has been securely bound in this manner the position of the machine is righted and the pressure bar 18 elevated and the book withdrawn from the machine.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A portable perforating and binding machine comprising a base; standards near the forward portion of said base and a cross bar between said standards; a pressure bar depended from said cross bar; rollers near t-he rear end of said base; an arm projecting from each forward corner of the base; a roller at the extremity of each of said arms; a standard projecting upwardly from each of said arms; a cross bar, provided with perforations7 near the upper extremity and between said standards; a cross bar mounted, for vertical movement, and provided with perforations, between said standards; a supporting lever mounted7 for rotary movement, at the lower extremity of each of said standards, all arranged and combined substantially as shown and described.

2. A perforating machine comprising a base, provided with rollers on its under surface; standards near the forward portion of said base; a pressure bar and means to guide a drilling apparatus secured between the said standards; an assembly box provided with a forward portion adapted to double back and a forward hinged portion in its base; means for supporting the forward hinged portion of the base of the assembly box at a point in advance ofthe base of the machine, all arranged and combined substantially as shown and described.

3. A perforating machine, adapted to receive an assembly box containing a book to be bound, provided with means to securely clamp the book and also provided with means for guiding a drilling apparatus designed to perforate the book; an assembly box7 a. hinged forward portion on the under surface of the assembly box, means for supporting the forward hinged portion of the base of the assembly box, on a plane with the base proper; means for withdrawing the support for the forward end portion of the base; all arranged and combined substantially as shown and described.

4. A perforat-ing and binding machine comprising in combination a base provided with rollers; standards near the forward portion of said base; a pressure bar and guide bars mounted horizontally between the said standards; forwardly projecting lugs secured to the upper extremity of the standards on each lateral side of the machine; a cleat, provided with orilices, secured immediately in advance of the machine proper, all arranged and combined substantially as shown and described.

CHARLES F. MCBEE.

lWitnesses i INEZ B. ALEXANDER, MABEL CoDDING. 

